公开

Character by character

• 公gōng4 strokesHSK 2fair, equitable; public; duke
• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 公开. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 开kāiHSK 1

  to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

• 公司gōng sīHSK 2

  company; firm; corporation

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 公园gōng yuánHSK 2

  park (for public recreation)

• 公平gōng píngHSK 2

  fair; impartial

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 公共gōng gòngHSK 3

  public; common; communal

• 公路gōng lùHSK 2

  highway; road

• 公gōngHSK 6

  public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 公众gōng zhòngHSK 6

  public

• 公布gōng bùHSK 3

  to announce; to make public; to publish

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6

  princess

• 公民gōng mínHSK 3

  citizen

• 公寓gōng yùHSK 7

  apartment building; block of flats

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part